On the blog today, we have my 1976 highlight card for the 1975 Major league All-Star game, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
I
used a fun image of the great Hank Aaron, who was the "hometown hero"
in his first season back in Milwaukee after the Braves moved from there
to Atlanta before the 1968 season.
Aaron was back in Milwaukee
to close out his extraordinary career with two seasons in 1975 and
1976, and it seemed fitting the game would be held there for one of
those years.
Of course, as the custom card I created states,
it was "business as usual" with the National League coming out on top
yet again, beating the American League 6-3, scoring the decisive three
runs in the top of the ninth after a 3-3 tie heading into the final
frame.
Catfish Hunter and Rich Gossage were the victims of the
N.L.'s ninth-inning heroics, with Hunter opening up the inning,
allowing a lead-off single to Reggie Smith and a double to Al Oliver,
before "Goose" came in and promptly allowed a two-run single to Bill
Madlock, followed by a sacrifice fly to Pete Rose, giving the N.L. the
6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the frame, San Diego Padre ace Randy Jones came in to close it up, sporting a 1-2-3 inning.
It
was the N.L.'s fourth straight All-Star win, on their way to eleven in a
row before losing in 1983, famous for the Fred Lynn grand slam off
Atlee Hammaker.
